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An 80-year-old patient, who wears adult diapers because of urinary and fecal incontinence, presents to the Emergency Department due to painful, irritated and excoriated skin of the vulva and buttoc...
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What codes are assigned for leakage of a cystostomy catheter causing irritant contact dermatitis due to urine?
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A patient previously underwent a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spine for low back pain, and the provider’s final interpretation was Modic type endplate changes. He now presents for a fo...
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Clarification is needed regarding whether it is appropriate to append a modifier to an unlisted CPT code. There are several CPT Assistants archives, which state that it is inappropriate be...
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Please clarify if the coding instruction provided in AHA Coding Clinic for HCPCS 3Q 2015 and Coding Clinic for HCPCS 2Q 2014 continues to apply in 2017 as it relates to hospital-b...
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A patient with a history of bladder cancer, status post radical cystectomy, a T-pouch to the urethra, and a history of problems with afferent valve stenosis, is now being seen at our facility for s...
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In the Second Quarter 2010 issue of Coding Clinic for HCPCS, a patient underwent the implantation of a BaHa® osseointegrated implant. Following the procedure, the patient was scheduled to...
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A 15-year-old patient presents with a recurrent patellar instability. Attenuation of medial soft tissue structures as well as a tibial tubercle to trochlear groove (TT-TG) of greater than 20 was id...
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A patient underwent repair of a nasal valve collapse utilizing placement of Spirox Latera Implants.
Would it be appropriate to assign CPT code 30465, Repair of nasal vestibular ste...
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A patient is seen at our facility to undergo a microsurgical repair of the right ulnar digital nerve with 1 cm Avance allograft, and repair of the right radial digital nerve. Upon review of coding ...
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